Assam Legislative Council

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| name = Assam Legislative Council

| transcription_name = Asam Vidhaan Parishad

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| house_type = Upper house

| term_limits = 6 years

| legislature = Assam

| established = 1935

| disbanded = 1947

| members = 21 – 22

| voting_system1 = Proportional representation, First past the post and Nominations

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The Assam Legislative Council was the unicameral legislature of Assam in India from 1913 to 1935 and then the upper house of the bicameral legislature from 1935 to 1947, when it was disbanded by the India (Provincial Legislatures) Order, 1947, and the Assam Legislative Assembly became unicameral.{{cite book |last=Malhotra |first=G. C. |year=2004 |title=Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature: Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |pages=207–208 |isbn=9788120004009}}

In July 2013 the Legislative Assembly passed a bill to recerate the Legislative Council.{{cite web |title=The Assam Legislative Council Bill, 2013, |url=https://prsindia.org/billtrack/the-assam-legislative-council-bill-2013 |website=PRS Legislativa Reseasrch}}

List of MLCs(1935-1947)

References